GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |